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*** BGT Semi 5 ***
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I've just had a browse of the betting without attraction, luminites at 5.5 looks a decent bet to me. Just watch a clip on you tube and the song was perfect for the group, if they can pick another classic song with the same blend as in the semi's, definite winner. Problem you have with a few is they may pick something that's just not right on the night for them, whereas you know attraction will supply a fantastic backing track to the dance interpretation and it's game over. Francine Lewis is 4th fav for this, and I personally would have her at 100/1 without attraction, watched her the other night, looks the part but to be honest just looks like most acts you would see, and for me personally thought she was crap, but looks like a star.
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Right lads had a few drinks tonight and having a look over acts that I've missed over the past few weeks, luminites have to be the biggest money making machine on this show, must have watch that semi performance at least 10 times and its quality. Very seldom at my age you see an act even though they maybe the biggest act on the planet, they all seem just average, maybe just getting a little long in the tooth. Luminites look good, sound good, and possibly the best band that's came out of any of these shows, everything just looks right.
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Sorry lads had quite a few tonight and would like to apologize over the the comment Francine Lewis is crap, I don't mean that in the slightest, everyone taking part in this show or any show for that matter is a star, but some are just that little bit special or very different.
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Sobering up now lads, just out of curiosity who was fav in semi 3 ? what price was luminites in this? and did they win heat?
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They won. Started evening 1.71, ended 1.27 (touched about 1.19).
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Biggest certainty of all time, just shows how simple I am. Spend money on monkey football matches, and the biggest certainty starts at 1.71 and I've not got a clue, very sad state of affairs.
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Just thinking about Attraction’s tear-jerking, heart rendering “true story” last night.
A man loses his mother and then has a kid with his woman. Not that extraordinary I would have thought, but I’m probably just cold and emotionless. |
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"Biggest certainty of all time"
No, that was Attraction. Robbie got the pimp of the Lumanites audition show and 3 mins more screentime. Rosie got the pimp of her audition show. And then there were the adorable Pre Skool, who may not have got that many fewer votes than Lumanites. At the start of the night, at 1.71, there was nothing certain about Lumanites, not that I would have laid them. |
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There have been decent acts, clinically despatched. Luminites 'could' have gone the same way, the market told us otherwise. Aliki and Robbie looked to me like they knew they had been stiffed.
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Attraction is a 'breath of fresh air' after being fed a diet of singing and dancing in this country for a number of years. The mix of skill levels and people being able to relate to the story-telling is powerful, and will be hard to beat now it looks likely the production team are behind them.
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Henry what I will say over the years looking into this forum on the specials, the help other members give on most of these shows are pretty impressive, and I would also say it's probably the most enjoyable forum to be on. Usually I just pop in here when X factor is on for the varying opinions, but slipped up badly with the bgt with not paying attention. The post above about preschool thats a joke, most of these acts are like every other year, except attraction totally different easy to watch and will kill the girls in the final. Luminites are the best group I have seen for years, yes they may have sung a bee gees classic, but to be fair to them it was impressive for a group of 18 year olds to do the song justice. Bee Gees have had some class records through the years, and to be honest would'nt say that record sticks in my mind out of their catolog of songs, but everything about that performance was quality. I cannot see anyone from any age group even questioning that performance on any level.
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"the market told us otherwise"
Cider you're too shrewd to take the market as oracle. |
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"The post above about preschool thats a joke, most of these acts are like every other year, except attraction totally different easy to watch and will kill the girls in the final."
The "joke" is that you don't read posts properly  I was talking about the weak Semi 3, not taking on Attraction in the final. |
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Sorry Henry sobering up here, not reading post properly. Who was Robbie who could demand a pimp slot over Luminites.....Robbie Williams?
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Stroodle it was a heavy Saturday night for you. I think you should try to get some sleep
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I would never follow money blind. If the upside is big enough, I will oppose it on occasion.
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from tmix
The Voice coach Will.i.am has claimed that Britain’s Got Talent 2013 finalists the Luminites are already signed to Sony. The Black Eyed Peas star said this week that the group – who have made it into next weekend’s final of the ITV show – contacted him to help launch their careers. “I know those guys. I met them backstage at a party in London. They sent me an email and asked me to check out their new song,” he explained. The American music mogul added: “They are signed to Sony so I couldn’t do that.” |
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Then that 1.71 was value
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Yes I wrote that on the live fred. It was the only explanation for the excessive preferential treatment.
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Anybody with half a brain would snap that group up in a minute, should have really been in the x factor among all the drivel. last year was really heavy the boy that won celebrity big brother 4th the liverpool lad that was 3rd cant even remember who was 1st and 2nd.
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I'd like to see a market to finish last in the final
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I actually thought Luminites were pretty ordinary in the semi final, far better at the audition IMHO.
It was the hype and ramp from the judges that won them the semi. I do not expect them to finish 2nd, 3rd or 4th seems their position to me as Lovable Rogues did last year. |
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Everyone to their own taste, said the man who bent over and kissed the pig. Have to say was a bit smashed when watching some of the previous on you tube, will have another good look at them again.
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Just watched that semi performance again and cant fault it, brilliant rendition of the bee gees hit, they look the part, the bit of crumpet is very easy on the eye, look a cool bunch or should I say ( they are sick). I'm in my fifties now, and cant remember seeing anything that I thought was really decent for years regarding these type of shows, Luminites for me will do very well after this show, and I will be backing them W/O attraction.
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Save your money Stroodle. I thought they were anemic. But you shouldn’t back them on personal tastes. They were given pimp slot and the weakest possible opposition. They may be given pimp again but have a couple of acts who will beat them to 2nd.
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Nigel Kneale knew Cowell was coming in 1968
Kneale also sought to make "a comment on television and the idea of the passive audience", depicting a world where the media is controlled by an elite who feed the population with a diet of low quality programmes and echoing the Orwellian concept of language reduction, where vocabulary has been eroded through exposure to advertising slogans, mediaspeak and predominantly visual media |
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Do you know anyone called Lou, Stroodle?
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The more I think about it, the less sure I become of an Attraction victory. The history of favourites being beaten, the non-British problem and Jack Carroll's cerebral palsy.
Jack Carroll pimp slot, lands a few gags I reckon he could present a real problem to the favourites. All other acts apart from Jack fall to the wayside for me. Stick a kid with cerebral palsy next to non-British Attraction and I think it'll be close. |
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Have you laid off then Danzaa?
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Nope, still time to think about it. Good call with the 'the price will stay at 1.5' by the way :P
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Cowell is obsessed with respect. Delivering Attraction to the Queen seems the way forward, Jack Carroll really isn't very funny. I can see Attraction winning by a landslide. They're massive odds on to get the pimp and be pimped, if that doesn't happen they'll still be hard to beat.
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I don't think he'll get much respect from the Queen pushing a non British act,and Attraction have already been beaten in Hungary's got talent and Germany's got talent.
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Yup, a brilliantly skilled act or an unfunny kid with CP, tough choice to send to entertain the Queen.
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Spellbound would have flopped everywhere else, but SC tucked them up and pimped them and they cruised it. Would be amazed if he played it any other way with Attraction.
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"Nope, still time to think about it. Good call with the 'the price will stay at 1.5' by the way :P"
I didn´t say that definitively. But there was no possibility of that anyway after you impatiently blasted it all the way down. Tbh I just wanted to back them too. |
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I don't see how Spelbound and Attraction are comparable.
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SCowell's comments about the Pride of Britain Awards where I assume he saw/met/discovered/heard of Jack Carroll.
"These awards are far superior to the Brits and Baftas. I genuinely believe it's the best award ceremony of the year. It makes you realise exactly what life is about and what people have to overcome." Simon Cowell Prince Charles was there too as the Prince's Trust is involved. "The Pride of Britain awards remind us of the compassion, decency and courage which still exists in every corner of the land." HRH Prince Charles |
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You don't see it?
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Yeah lads you are probably correct about Luminites, would alway's punt on my own thoughts regarding who I perceive as the top act, irrespective of opinion polls and other information. There is a good chance Jack Carroll pulling out a very good routine, which you would think could swing votes in his favour for title. I just have a feeling that Luminites do have the potential to pull something out of the bag, but your probably right with keeping ahead of the game with the information which you lads gather to get a better picture how the public tend to go. Probably just back Luminites for top 3 as I don't really see any other act managing something really special, maybe the 2 opera lads have something which could influence top 3. I will keep a look on site for various opinions and see how I'm feeling nearer the final before just plunging in.
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Attraction is comparable to Spelbound in many ways but the most similar to Attraction is Diversity - both dance troupes that make shapes.
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